It seems that it is much easier to open a hot pot restaurant than to open an embroidery village, just choose a good storefront, ask Grandpa Fu to help me build a dozen hot pot tables, and buy dozens of pots and charcoal stoves. I taught Xiaohong how to fry the base, and every time I prepared the ingredients at home and sent them to the store. In the first three days of opening, let the people try it for free, and after three days, the customers came like clouds, because the fee was affordable, and it was in line with the taste of Cangdu people, so it was busy every day, and after half a month, it opened a branch in the west of the city, and opened a third store in the south of the city a month later. The fame of "Cangdu Hot Pot" far exceeds that of "Cangdu Jinxiuzhuang", which not only attracts the people of the city, but also the businessmen who come from the south to the north often come here and wait in line.

And the business of Jinxiuzhuang is also better than a while, I began to let Mrs. Jin make me in the capital before the batch of autumn clothes as spring clothes, and put the samples in the window, modern shirts, windbreakers, trousers, strange styles of home clothes attracted many onlookers. My strangely dressed ready-made models are worn for those wealthy ladies and daughters, and another group of free models are employees in hot pot restaurants, so I asked them all to change into the uniform of restaurant waiters, in addition to making it easier for them to do things without being constrained, or to promote "Jinxiuzhuang". I don't expect anyone to make or buy these clothes, but I just want to make "Cangdu Jinxiuzhuang" and "Cangdu Hot Pot Restaurant" more famous in this way.

All in all, my business is doing very well, and I am thinking about opening a fourth hot pot restaurant next month, which I am ready to decorate and make a little more luxurious, for high-level consumer groups. This day I spent time in the embroidery village as usual, patrolled the shop, I hid in the office and Jinsha played checkers together, this is my drawing and asked the old fortune to do it for me to coax Jinsha, the chessboard is mahogany, with painted red, yellow, blue, green, black, white six colors of wooden beads, delicate and small, not inferior to modern glass beads. After Lao Futou made a set, he figured out how to play and played very obsessively, and every night he would pull me to play pachinko with him, leaving his Go and Xiangqi aside. Several children also like to play, so Lao Futou made a set for each of the children, and I asked him to make a set for me and put it in the office. After returning to Cangdu, Jinsha was very clingy to me, she followed me wherever I went, probably because of a strange fear of the new environment, which is why I bothered to make her happy.

Wang Jichang knocked on the door and stood at the door: "Boss Ye, there is a Master Yun who wants to see you." ”

"Which Yun master?" I didn't look up, picked up the beads, and jumped several times to Jinsha's camp, which caused her exclamations of chagrin, and I couldn't help laughing.

"He didn't say it, he just said that it was Boss Ye's old acquaintance." Wang Jichang said, "Does Boss Ye want to see him?" ”

"Old knowledge?" I was stunned for a moment, and my mind went around for a while, I didn't know anyone surnamed Yun before? I raised my eyes to look at Wang Jichang, "Did he say anything?" Is it a person coming? ”

"I brought a follower, and he said that he and Boss Ye were old friends...... "Wang Jichang mentioned this, and I suddenly remembered that it was the old man Yun who had a heart attack that I met on the official road in Cangdu a few months ago, what is his name......, by the way, Yun Chongshan! I hurriedly said, "Invite him in." ”

I stood up to make tea, and after a while, Wang Jichang invited Old Man Yun and his follow, as if to call Yun De in, I greeted him and said with a smile: "Master Yun, I haven't seen you for a long time." Are these children in good health? "His face didn't look good, he was thinner than when I saw him a few months ago, but his eyes were still as bright.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Old Man Yun laughed, "Ye girl, you have done a lot of business." ”

"Let the old man smile. Sit here. I hugged Jinsha from the soft couch and put her in the high-backed chair behind my desk, "Sasha, my sister has a guest, you can play by yourself for a while." ”

Serving the tea on the low table on the soft couch, I sat down opposite him and said with a smile: "When did the old man come to Cangdu?" Is it to run errands or to visit relatives and friends? ”

His eyebrows raised, and there was a hint of interest in his eyes: "Hehe, a few days after I came, I went to taste the famous Cangdu hot pot, but I didn't expect the boss to be you, girl, your 'small business' can do a good job, no wonder I gave you that thing at the beginning, I didn't see you take it out and use it." This tone is a bit disgusting.

"Look at what you said, old man, your thing is so valuable, where can you take it out casually." I smiled and hurriedly said, "Besides, since I am in business, I also know the truth that money is spent on the blade, and the problems that I can solve are not a waste of the old man's mind to ask for help, I remember that if you encounter unavoidable difficulties in the future, you must ask the old man's friends for help." ”

"You girl, confess." Old Man Yun smiled and picked up the tea and took a sip, "Your clothes today are interesting, and they are also made by your embroidery village?" ”

Today I wore a modified clear suit, a lotus-colored slanted coat with intricate butterfly trim embroidered on the cuffs. The black pleated skirt is also embroidered with intricate green leaf orchids, and even the satin shoes worn on the feet are also matched with the skirt, and the upper is also embroidered with plain and elegant green leaf orchids. The costumes of the Chinese dynasties, only the costumes of the Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are the most distinctive, this Qing costume was made on a whim after I wore a few shirts and trousers, I smiled and said: "Let the old man laugh, I painted it, let the embroiderers do it." ”

"It doesn't look like the costume of the Heavenly Dawn Kingdom, but it has a bit of a feeling of being a foreign race." The old man's eyes were also sharp, so I casually made an excuse: "I just came back from Yaoyue Kingdom a few days ago, and I saw their clothes and was a little affected. ”

The old man squinted, nodded, and continued my chat, mostly asking me how I ran this embroidery village and those hot pot restaurants in Cangdu, how to manage people, how to manage things, etc., and asked in detail, and at the end I also asked a few tricky questions, if I encountered such a situation in the mall, how should I deal with it. Listening to my answers one by one, he nodded again and again, touched his beard, and showed a satisfied smile, which seemed to be extremely gratified, it seems that this old man really cares about me, I smiled: "Old man, are you testing me or what?" ”

He laughed "haha", put the teacup back on the low machine, and his eyes fell on the beads and checkers on the shelf, with a little interest on his face: "Ye girl, what is this?" ”

"It's called bead checkers, and I have nothing to do with it as a pastime to pass the time." I explained, seeing that he was interested, I told him how to play, and he was interested in hearing it, and played a game with me, and finally nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "This thing can train people's brains and broaden their thinking, but it is a wonderful thing." ”

"The old man likes it, I'll give you this chess game." I smiled, closed the lid of the chessboard, and handed it over, Old Man Yun was not polite, took it and handed it to Yun De behind him, and said with a smile: "Then I won't shirk." ”

At this moment, I knocked lightly on the door twice, turned my head, and saw An Yuanxi walking in with Jinsha in his arms, I was stunned, it turned out that I was chatting with Old Man Yun at this time, and Jinsha didn't know if she ran out. An Yuanxi was stunned for a moment when she saw a guest in my room, and said with a smile: "Jinsha said that she wants to eat sugar gourd, I will take her to the street to buy it and tell you." ”

I nodded, An Yuanxi turned around and went out, turned his head, and saw a pair of old man Yun's eyes, staring at An Yuanxi tightly, his expression seemed to be thoughtful, I was stunned, followed his gaze, and found that his gaze did not fall on An Yuanxi, but on a piece of jade that looked extremely ordinary on his waist, An Yuanxi's figure disappeared outside the door, and the old man's gaze did not retract, his brows frowned slightly, I don't know what I was thinking.

I coughed lightly: "The old man knows him?" ”

"Huh?" He came back to his senses and saw my inquiring gaze, and immediately looked as usual, "I don't know, who is he?" ”

"He's the head of our embroidery house." I smiled, looking at his appearance, even if I didn't recognize An Yuanxi, I must have recognized the piece of jade on his body.

"Oh? What's his name? Old Man Yun picked up the tea indifferently, I thought it was a little funny, obviously he was very interested in the piece of jade on An Shudu's body, and he pretended to be nothing.

"An Yuanxi." I replied casually, you don't want to say, and I don't bother to ask.

"An Yuanxi......" His eyebrows frowned, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, his brows gradually relaxed, and he said quietly, "The name is not bad, can he do it?" Can I help you? ”

"Very capable, and diligent, honest, helped Xiuzhuang a lot." I'll be honest.

"Well, doing business is to have capable people to help you, and being the boss is labor-saving." Old Man Yun smiled meaningfully and quipped, "Otherwise, there will be no time to play this checkers." ”

"The old man is really good at laughing." I said, "The old man is a guest from afar, so it's better for me to be the east tonight, and invite the old man to my store to eat hot pot." ”

"Another day, I have some things to do today." Old Man Yun stood up and said with a smile, "Girl, you are a piece of business material, I haven't met anyone who can stir up this pool of sinking water in Cangdu business for a long time, do it well, let me see what skills you still have." ”

"Inherit the old man's noble words." I smiled and sent him out, "Where does the old man live?" Shall I visit you instead? ”

He touched his beard and smiled: "I have a lot of things to do these days, and I have to leave after I do something, so you don't have to worry, girl, next time I come to Cangdu, I will come to see you again." ”

When he said this, I didn't ask any more, Yunde helped him into the carriage, and the old man lifted the curtain and waved his hand to me, "Go in!" ”

Seeing that his car was driving away, I turned around and prepared to enter the shop, just as An Yuanxi came back with Jinsha in his arms, and the little girl held two strings of bright red rock sugar gourds in her hands, and shouted at me from a distance: "Sister Ahua......"

"Coming back?" I took Jinsha from An Yuanxi's hand and said with a smile.

"Hmm." The corners of An Yuanxi's lips hooked, I carried Jin Sha in, An Yuanxi followed behind, I remembered the scene when Old Man Yun saw An Yuanxi just now, turned his head and said, "An Yuanxi, do you recognize the old man just now?" ”

"The one in your workshop just now?" An Yuanxi shook his head, "I don't know." What's wrong? ”

"Nothing." I shook my head, looked at the jade pei on An Yuanxi's waist, and said casually, "This jade is newly bought?" I didn't see you hang up a while ago. ”

"I didn't buy it, my mother gave it to me after I came back from Cangdu, saying that it was for me to ward off evil spirits." An Yuanxi's face turned red.

"Ward off evil spirits?" I looked at him and quipped, "Are you evil?" ”

"Nonsense again!" He gave me a blank look and walked in the direction of the embroidery field: "I'm leaving." ”

I turned around with a smile and carried Jin Sha back to the office, almost bumped into someone head-on, startled, looked at it fixedly, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Sister Xiu? Are you looking for me? ”

Her expression was a little uncomfortable, and she didn't speak, but she didn't leave, and I smiled: "What's wrong?" Let's come in and talk about something. ”

She hesitated, followed me in, and closed the door: "Miss Ye......"

"What's the matter? Go ahead. I saw that she was grinding and grinding, not doing anything or brittle, and it seemed that what she wanted to say was extremely difficult to say, and I guessed: "Is there a problem in your family?" Do I need an advance on my wages? ”

This Xiu sister is also a hard worker, her mother died early, her father is an alcoholic, she didn't care about her since she was a child, but she was a little alone outside to earn money to support her family, and when she reached the age of going out of the cabinet, there were also a few people who came to ask for marriage, but as soon as she heard that she had to bring her drunkard father over, others were not happy, and she came and went, and her age was also dragged out, and she became an old girl in her twenties, she seemed to have no idea of getting married, her father died a few months ago, and a matchmaker came to the door, wanting to ask her to be a lame man who died his wife as a successor, was scolded by her, and no matchmaker came to the door since.

"No......" Her face suddenly turned red, she hesitated for a long time, and finally stammered, "Miss Ye, I'm ......, I want to ask you to help me and Mr. An as a matchmaker, I don't have elders, you are my boss, if I ask you to do something, it will be considered a courtesy......"

"Huh?" My eyes widened, intimidated by her, "......, matchmaker?" ”

"Hmm." Sister Xiu's face almost drooped to her chest, "I know this request is a bit abrupt......, it's just that Mr. An respects you very much, what you say, he will definitely be able to listen to it......, I ......, Miss Ye ......" She raised her head, her face flushed, stood up and bowed to me, "I ask you!" After saying that, he didn't allow me to reply, turned around and ran out in a panic.

"Hey......" I didn't stop her, I watched her run out in amazement, and I was so angry and funny, what kind of oolong? How can this kind of thing be forced on others? I didn't say yes to her! The head suddenly got bigger, as a matchmaker? I leaned back in my chair, I really didn't expect that nerd to be full of peach blossom luck, I pouted and thought sourly.

——2006、11、19;